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Good Find, Bugger! I've never had a Krispy Kreme, Dunks pretty much crushed them before they could get going around here didn't they....But on a serious note, that guys should be fired, immediately. Why? Because it's wrong, obviously, but it makes Swimmer and me both look bad, guilt by association. I am sure I can speak for you Swimmer, I hate a dirty cop, I cannot for the life of me understand why some in this business stick up for guys no matter how awful their conduct is.
Education? I think it's important for police to have education. The liability assumed by a town, the complexity of the laws, the demands society puts on us... If I can take away your freedom and put you in jail, don't you think I should be an educated person? I believe two years of college should be the minimum and four is about right. In my place, over half of my co-workers hold Master's degrees. And we have four officers who hold law degrees and are members of the Bar.
The admin at my place has a pretty easy job of things (aside from the half millions dollar budget shortfall, that is...) they don't worry about their cops stealing from people, brutalizing people, drinking on the job, beating their wives, and all this other crap that comes out of some PD's, nor should they!
And I think it starts with hiring people who are intelligent, college should be required. And, being a veteran of the 25th Infantry Division, I like to see veterans coming on the job, too. But, if Deval Patrick gets his wish, the Quinn Bill will be gone soon which pays me and others a higher salary for holding a degree.
It's funny, I have friends around town who went into real estate, home building, plumbing, finance, banking and some who started their own businesses. Some of them made some huge salaries over the last ten or so years. They envied my vacation time, but that was about it. I often heard, "You guys don't get paid enough for the crap you deal with" or "I don't know how you do it..." And I thought many times, what a fool I was for going down this career path. Now, they're taking it on the chin in many ways, and it's only been in the last year or so that I have been hearing about what an easy job I have and how much I earn, how much time off I get, I shouldn't get paid for having a degree.
I guess the old saying "It's the economy, stupid" rings true yet again!
